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Anthony Joshua's planned unification fights won't be delayed

Anthony Joshua's planned unification fights won't be delayed by his WBA mandatory challenger, says Eddie HearnAnthony Joshua's plan to win two unification fights in 2018 will not sbobet8888 be scuppered by obligations to face a WBA mandatory challenger, promoter Eddie Hearn insisted.Joshua is aiming to add Joseph Parker's WBO heavyweight title and Deontay Wilder's WBC belt to his collection, but knows he must eventually put his own WBA 'super' gold on the line against a contender yet to be named by the organisation."With whoever is made WBA mandatory, would there be an exception made for a unification fight? Yes, is the answer," Hearn told Sky Sports.Joshua is deep in sbobet8888 negotiations to meet Parker in his next fight and hopes to face Wilder in the summer, but Hearn accepts they would "probably not" be able to avoid delaying their WBA mandatory until 2019."I'm due to speak to [WBA president] Gilberto Mendoza, who may come to the UK in December," Hearn said."Luis Ortiz was the mandatory but has been banned so there will be a new one.Click Here sbobet8888